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Slir Atlanta • WeeKlj) urnal VOLUME XX. AMERICANS TAKE 12 TOWNS 20 Cannon and Many Prisoners Taken BRITISH «B ON FRONT OF MILE: ENEMY GUNS ACTIVE: Advance Is Made by\General Haig's Men Southeast of - Viliers-Bretonneaux, South • of the Somme v LONDOS. July 18.—Southeast of Vil lers Bretonneux. south of »he Somme, the British line has been advanced on a-front of more than one mile, says th»- official statement today from British headquarters in France. / The British positions to the east of Hebuteme also were improved some what. South of Bucquoy on the front south east of Arras, a German raiding party aas driven off. The German artillery showed consid erable activity during the night on the Flanders front north of Bailleul. The British official statement reads. "Australian troops carried out a suc cessful local enterprise early, last night in the neighborhood of Villers Breton neux. advancing their line southwest of the village on a front of over a mile. Two forward field guns were captured . in the course of the operation, together with a number of prisoners and some machine guns. "We also improved our positions slightly during the night east of Hebu tarne. * . ~We xafrtefl *3iut a successful raid to the south of thtg village and drove off | a Hostile raiding party south of Buc quoy. . \ "Hostile artillery showed consider able activity during the night north of Bailleul." . • ~ Austrian Field Marshal Relieved of Command AMSTERDAM. July 18.—Emperor Charles, says a Vienna telegram, has granted the request of Field Marshal Conrad von Hoetrendorf. former Aus trian commander-in-chief and lately in command on the Italian mountain • front, that he be relieved of his com mand. General Archduke Joseph has'been ap pointed commander of an army group and Cavalry General Prince Alois Schoenberg-Hartenstein commander of an afmy The emperor or. accepting Baron von HoetzendorFs resignation appointed him colonel of al! the guard regiments and conferred upon him the rank of heredi tary count > Germans, Demoralized, Sleep at Their Posts FRANCE, Wednesday. July 17. —(By the Associated I Tess. > —German troops troops in .some portions of the iieuciies in Flanders have been so exhausted and demoralized by con stant British raids, attacks and bom bardments that many of them have fallen asleep at their posts, not caring whether they are killed or captured An order issued to a Bavarian infan try regiment re veals a condition of af fairs which up to thfs time would have been thought unbelievable in an army notorious for its discipline. The com manding officer wrote on June 25: While making a tour of the line this morning I came across complete sec tions fast asleep, m spite of its being dawn and misty. These sections had re moved their equipment and had not the faintest idea of the country, of.disposi tions. of their orders or of the troops on the flanks. "Only yesterday I requested that all men should be instructed on these points and their particular duty explain ed to them. This is all the more im portant. as only a few days ago three men and a light machine gun were cap tured bya hostile patrol. This state of affairs must not continue." A good deal of activity continues be hind the German front, but the Infan try has remained very quiet since the beginning of the present Gentian of fensive around Rheirns. Xo attempt has been made to recover the ground lost at Ridgewood on Mon day. when the British captured a total of 841 men and seven officers. The Germans have remained passive under repeated British thrusts around Eail • lent and only the artillery has indulged in retaliation. Knight’s Grand Cross Awarded to March w\sH IXOTON, July 18.- King George has awarded the knight's grand cross of the distinguished British Order of St. Michael and St. George to Gen eral Peyton C. March, chief of staff of the American army. Kaiser Hears Orchestra On the Western Front AMSTERDAM. July IS.—Emperor William watched the opening of the latest German offensive from an ad vanced observation post northwest of Rheirns. his favorite correspondent, Karl Rosner, reports in a dispatch to the Ber lin Lokal Anzeiger. 'The emperor,” says the correspond ent tn his customary florid style, "listen ed to the terrible orchestra of our sur prise fire Attack and looked upon the un paralleled picture of the projectiles rag ' Ing toward the enemy positions./ Full Associated Press Service 4 WHO SAID - ' - 1 AMERICANS dtz cow-dai't I FIGHT ? ■S- The VT' -- ' . ■vj ■ I. -~y~ ~- pnliphnj I I “WORK OR FIGHT” BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE I Makes Act Applicable to Per sons Idle Because of Dis putes With Employers The "work or fight’* bill, whith makes it compulsory for all persons between the ages of 16 and 55 to engage in some useful or productive labor for at least five and one-half days each week dur ing the period of ths. war, passed the house of representatives Thursday morning by a vote of 131 to 24. Amendments were passed exempting bona fide students in educational insti tutions and making the provisions of the act applicable to all persons who may be temporarily out o> employment on account of disputes with their em ployers. This latter amendment has particular significance as affecting strikes and labor troubles. Those voting against the bill were Representatives Arnold, of Coweta; At kinson, of Fulton; Bagwell, of Carroll; Booker, of Wilkes; Brown, of Houston; Culpepper, of Meriwether; Dickey, of Crawford; Ennis, of Baldwin, Foy, of Taylor, Hall, of Bibb; Harden, of Glas cock. Jones, of Coweta; Key. of Jasper; Kelly, of Gwinnett; Kimsey, of Habersham; Lassiter. of Dooley; Lowe, of Oconee; Richardson, of Houston: Smith, of Dade; Campbell, of Harris; Williams, of Mer riwether; Winn, of Hart; Wyatt, of Troupe; White, of Fulton- Mr. Ballard, of Newton, and Mr. Mc- Call, of Brooks, were excused from vot ing. The resolution of Mr. Pace, of Sum ter, urging the striking employes of the Georgia Railway and Power company ito return to work and arbitrate their . differences through the national war ' labor board, was introduced in the house, [but its consideration was delayed until ; Friday on account of an objection raised !by Mr. Bale, of Floyd. Unanimous con -1 sent had been askeo to vote on the res lolutfon immediately, but the objection . caused the delay. Letter From Wilson I A feature of Thursday morning’s wes ' sion was the reading of a letter from ■ President Wilson to Speaker John N. • Holder conveying his appreciation of ; the concurrent resolution introduced by Mr. Jones, of Coweta, and passed by both branches of the assembly several days ago, expressing confidence in the administration, indorsing the war poli cies o fthe government and pledging the general assembly of Georgia to heart iest co-operation in the war program. Among the bills introduced Thursday (Conttnued on Page 3, Column X.J LEWIS BEGINS WORK AS WIRE DIRECTOR • X President Expected to Sign Ex ecutive Order Taking Over Lines Very Soon WASHINGTON, July IS.—David J. Lewis, whose official appointment as the nation's wire director, now appears to await only issuance of President Wil son's executive order taking over the lines, began work in his new job today. Following a long conference with Postmaster General Burleson yesterday, at which details of the new wire opera tion were carefully gone into, Lewis this afternoon had an extended con ference with President S. J. Konenkamp, of the Telegraphers’ union. Pending ac tual taking over of the wires, all offi cials are silent as to the course to be followed. Burleson conferred with President Wilson this morning and shortly afterward it was stated the president would sign the executive order either today or tomorrow. Under government control, the possi bility of a one-cent automatic telephone system throughout the country loomefi today. Competitive lines will be wiped out as in the case of the railroads and equip ment will be pooled and standardized along the same lines. Great savings in operating costs will be effected, offi cials say, and with these the cost to patrons may be materially reduced, it is believed. Details of telegraph operation are complete and they embraced similar sav ing methods as planned In telephone op eration. Postoffices throughout the country will be important units in the telegraph operation. Some legal prob lems are understood to have been defi nitely settled and it is believed control of these will be assumed also. STOMACH TROUBLE OR TAPEWORM BANISHBO Many persons who suffer from stom ach trouble really have a tapeworm and don’t know it. A guaranteed remedy which has proven to be remarkably ef fective in expelling tapeworms and giv ing quick relief in all forms of stomach trouble is being sent on free trial by the Schoenherr Co., Dept. 30, Milwau kee. Wis. They guarantee it to remove, in less than one hour, any ‘ tapeworm with its head. No paiy, no dieting, no danger; also to relieve any form of stomach trouble or it costs nothing. Take advantage of their free trial offer Write them today.—(AdvL) ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918. ■BEU CULLS 48.000 WHITE REGISTRANTS Georgia Will Send 500 Men to i Greenleaf Between August 5 and August 9 WASHINGTON, July 18.—Forty-six thousand men from all states and the District of Columbia have been called to the colors by Provost Marshal General Crowder. They are to be all white reg istrants. Movement into camp will be between August 5 and August 9. This is the first general call for Aji ; gust, during which month the military 1 program provides for the i of "00,000 white men. Special calls al ready issued account for 19.941 of this number. Quotas to be furnished by each state i and the camps to which the men go ■ Include: Alabama, f,100; Camp Shelby, Miss. Delaware, 100; Camp Wadsworth, ‘ Spartanburg, S. C. District of Columbia, 50: Camp Shelby, j Hattiesburg, Miss. Florida, 100; Camp Shelby, Hatties burg, Miss. Georgia, 500; Camp Greenleaf, Fort I Oglethorpe, Ga. lowa, 800 Jefferson Kentucky, 800; Fort Thomas, Ky. Louisiana. 300; Camp Shelby. ■ Mississippi, 1,000; Camp Shelby. New Jersey. 800; Camp Wadsworth. New York. 2,500; Camp Greenleaf, Ga. I North Carolina, 2,500; Camp Wads worth. Pennsylvania. 5,000; Camp Wadsworth. South Carolina, 800; Camp Wads worth. Tennessee, 1,100; Camp Shelby. Texas, 1,800; Camp Cody. Virginia. 100; Camp Wadsworth. Wisconsin, 1,000; Jefferson Barracks Wisconsin, 35J; Camp Shelby. Five Hundred Georgians to Go to Fort Oglethorpe Georgia will send 500 white selectmen to Camp Greenleaf, at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga., in the five-day period beginning August 7, it was announced Thursday by Major Joel B. Mallet, selective serv ive law officer for Georgia. A voluntary induction call for 100 white men to go on July 29 to Syracuse, N. Y., where they will serve as firemen and coast guards at a port of embarka- I tion. has also been issued. Three cooks are wanted for this call, Registered men I subject to call may volunteer. SERGEANT BROWN BRINGS 159 BOCHES TO HEADQUARTERS He and Captain Storm Ma chine Gunsj Take Prisoners, and Brown Goes After More Guns and Cleans Out Trench WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN THE CHAMPAGNE, July 18.—After killing or capturing the crews of four machine guns and raking a Boche-filled-. trench with his automatic rifle until the survivors surrendered. Sergeant J. F. Brown walked into American headquar ters late yesterday with 189 prisoners. “I am sorry, sir, that I was unable to bring in all I had,” he said in Report ing, "but four of the wounded filed on me.” The fighting in the fields and woods in the present "battle of the Marne is most unusual. Companies, platoons and even groups of two or three men are waging their own warfare in clearing out the Bochcs. Sergeant J. H. Brown, separate from his platoon, encountered the captain of another company. Pointing at four en emy machine guns, the captain said: "Let’s get ’em.” The pair charged the nests, seemingly impervious to the hail of bullets, and killed or captured the crews of two of the guns. The prisoners were in their way, so Brown turned them over to the captain and cleaned up the other two guns alone, taking additional prisoners and smashing the pieces. Captures Trenchful The captain had started back to tha American lines with his captives. Brown followed some distance in his wake. The sergeant encountered a comrade. Cor poral Pipp, who volunteered to guard the ,prispni>r& Brown readily accepted, as he had just caught sight of a shal low section of a trench, half filled with dead Boches. The other half was filled with Boches, too —very much alive Brown’s automatic rifle had become so hot that he could barely hold it. But he lay it across his arm and opened fire on the trench, killing several of its occupants. One of the Huns yelled “kamerad.” “All right, come out,” Brown re plied between shots. All of the Germans, numbering nearly a hundred, dropped their guns and sur rendered. Brown and Pipp started for the rear and encountered numbers of their platoon with prisoners. Brown took' charge of them all. The wood where Brown and the others had been fighting was. being shelled continuously. Once Brown and Pipp were surrounded, but they fought their way out. At the edge of the wood, Brown’s com panions left him to “get some more Heinies” and he herded his prisoners along a shell-pitted road toward the rear still clutching his trusty auto matic. He walked them fourteen kilo meters from the front and marched them to headquarters, making a total hike of 40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles). Arriving at headquarters, Brown made an accurate count of his bag for the first time. There were 159 of them, including a major, a captain and two lieutenants. The sergeant assured the commander he had a "receipt,” and turned over a pistol and pair of wire cutters he had taken from the major. Uniform Torn With Bullets Brown had narrowly escaped death a number of times, as his uniform was torn'with bullets. Early in the fight ing his pack had been shot from his back by shrapnel. Brown’s feat was the climax of a dozen of similar episodes. Eight Amer icans, captured by the Boches. were taken to the north side of the river. They overpowered their guards, took a boat from a German officer, and pad died back. A single machine gunner saw two platoons of Huns advancing. The gun had been damaged and he was unable to swerve it, bringing them into- line of fire. Whipping out his automatic pistol, he fired several shots, picked off the Germans on one side, causing them to alter their course. This brought them within range of the machine gun. He then wiped them out. AMERICANS GAIN ENTIRE POSSESSION OF .MARNE BANK WASHINGTON, July 18.—American troops have gained entire possession of their sector on the south bank of the Marne. General Pei shlng reported today under date of July 17. German thrusts against the American positions northwest of Chateau Thierry were “completely broken up." Pershing's communique follows: “In the Marne sector our troops have entirely gained possession of the south bank of the river. Northwest of Chateau Thi’rry the enemy yesterday repeated his attempt of the proceeding day to penetrate our lines near Vaux. His attack was completely broken up by our infantry and artillery fire beforo reaching our lines. * "Yesterday, in the region of Thiau court, a hostile was shot down by one of our aviators.” Postal Receipts Doubled AMERICUS, Ga., July 18.—A com parison of receipts at the Americus postoffice shows the quarter ended June 30, 1918, had receipts of practically double that of the previous correspond ing quarter. FOCH IS USING AMERICANS AND FRENCH IN BIG P USH IN WES T General Foch, Taking Advantage of Ebb in German Offen- . sive on Marne-Rheims Front, Hits Hard Between the Rivers Marne and Aisne on a Twenty-Five-Mile Front, Us ing Both American and French Troops—Early- Advices Stated That German Prisoners Were Coming in Quanti ties and That the Initial Gains Amounted From Two to Four Miles —Hun Threat Against Epernay and Rheirns Diminishes * WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN THE CHAMPAGNE, July 18.— (2:10 p. m.) —The Americans are advancing with the French on the 40- kilometer front (25 miles) between Soissons and Chateau Thierry. The Americans have captured more than a dozen towns and villages, taken numerous prisoners and advanced from two to four miles all along the line. The greatest force of Americans which has yet participated in a single engagement is advancing with the French in this offensive, which was launched at 4:30 this morning. Twenty cannon were captured by the French and Americans at Courchamps. Latest reports say that the advance continues everywhere. The drive between th« Alsup and the Marne is the biggest allied coun ter-offensive since April, 1017, it was learned authoritatively this afternoon. Many tanks are in action with the French and Americans. Up to the hour of cabling, the Americans had captured the following towns west of Chateau Thierry: Viller-Heldon, Dammard, Courchamps, Licy-Clignon, Monthieres, Torcy* Belleau, Givray, St. Gengoulph, Hautesves and other small villages, farms, heights and woods, including Givery w’ood. The advance reached a depth of three kilometers within thiee hours after it began. Many towns within that depth northward clear to Fontency were taken by the Americans and the French. The American commander at Givray, reporting the capture of the town to headquarters, sent the following message: “Met the Boche on his line of resistance.. Sharp fight. Boche turned tail and ran like hell, pursued, by our troops. Hope have more prisoners.” At headquarters, messages were coming in from everywhere, asking permisison to push on further. It was essential that the line should be kept straight and in some In-' stances it was necessary to order the troops to hold back until adjoining units came up. It is the greatest pursuit of Boches the Americans have yet engaged in. Enormous numbers of prisoners have been takn. It is impossible to estimate how many. American airplanes, flying over the lines, fought the Boches above, while the doughboys and machine gunners fought them below. Aerial observers dashed through the clouds and others carried back messages. The surprise not only was complete, but the concentration for the attack was unusually rapid. Field guns were loaded on trucks, and dashed up to the lines. The horses were carried up the same way. . Lines of trucks carrying six and eight horses apiece have been hurried up for the past twenty-four hours. The German artillery resistance was feeble until 7 o’clock; then their guns opened up, 'but the Americans had advanced too far for the enemy guns to stop them. Torcv was captured in fifteen minutes. Belleau fell at 8.10 and Givray half an hour later. WASHiNETDN THHILLED Bl .HEWS Os FHEHCH BLOW Every Official Believes Day Has Come When Foch May use Aggressive Tactics WASHINGTON, July IS. —Word that the French were striking the Germans qp a wide front below the Aisne sent a wave of enthusiasm through the war de partment today when the first bulletin came in. Every official accepted it as proof that the long days of purely de fensive operations are ended and that General Foch. largely because of the million American soldiers that have been rushed overseas, now is able to use aggressive tactics. At first glance and without any defi nite information as to the French coun ter stroke, officers were inclined to be lieve it a diversion in force to relieve pressure on the front of the German offensive. It is the first extensive coun ter blow the allies have been able to at tempt since the German onslaught be gan last March. ♦ Striking to the east and north, tne counter stroke threatens the rear of the German assault on the eastern flank of the whole Aisne salient, where the enemy is pressing down the Marne val ley and through the woods west of Rheirns with tife evident purpose of cut ting off Rheirns and forcing its evacua tion. It was thought here, on the face of early advices, that the French counter stroke was designed to draw off German reserves heretofore held for the purpose of pressing through the gap in the French positions along the Marne and from that river eastward toward Rheirns. NUMBER 85. I The towns named in the dispatch cov er a front of more than seven miles. Belleau is five miles northwest of Cha : leau Thierry. Torcy is jialf a mile west ;of Belleau. Licy-Clignon is a mile north ,of Torcy. Vinly is three miles west of 1 i Torcy. Hautesvesnes is two miles north west; St. Gengoulph is three miles northwest; Gourchamps is a mile and a 1 half north, and Givray is a mile east. I Darnmard is two miles and a half north ‘ and west Os St. Gengoulph. The move this morning appeared to i have been a surprice to the Germans. ; The manner in which this surprise was • accomplished may best be judged from the map which shows a great area of i forest covering the ground behind the French and American, lines. Under cover J of these forests General Foch has been preparing for some time for the present i move. The allies have gained from two to, : tour miles everywhere on the twenty ■ five-mile front of their offensive today i betwen the Aisne and the Mamei Foch Springs Surprise Counter Offensive Using Americans NEW YORK, July 18. —(Summary at Dispatches from American and French Fronts in France.) —The allies started a counter offensive this morning by at tacking on ine 35-mile front from the Marne northward to the Aisne. The French communique, issued at noon, stated the initial gains of from i mile to nearly two miles had been made and that prisoners were taken. The Franco-American attacks extend the battle line into a gigantic fighting iront of nearly 100 miles from Mai<a de Massiges to the region of Soissons i Additional American forces have thus been hurled into the maelstrom of blood and steel on the west front. Marines and regulars are known to be in tha line from Vaux northward to Vinly, and it is probable that numbers of American reserves have been thrown into this fighting. The allied assault apparently comes at a time when the German effort in the Champagne is at its. lowest ebb. the French report declaring that in this re gion thre was "on change.” This morning’s attack represents what (Continued on Page 3, Column 3J
